-- On 3 Jul 2002 at 2:36, Anonymous wrote:
At the time, the U.S. faced a significant chance of a Communist/Socialist revolution such as had been seen in several other countries. Class warfare was widespread,
The high point of support for socialism among the masses in the US was the 1870s, give or take a couple of decades. By 1900 socialists around the world had given up all hope of genuinely revolutionary seizure of power, and were pursuing conspiratorial paths. The 1930s was the high point of support for socialism among the intellectuals, the privileged, and the elite. Their efforts to foist their preferences on the American masses met with resounding hostility and reluctance. Not only was there no danger of a socialist revolution, in the US or anywhere else, but in the US the leadership's attempts to force socialism down peoples throats met stubborn resistance. There was more mass support for socialism in other countries, but no socialist revolutions in those countries, nor any danger of such revolt. There were socialist coups, and conspiratorial seizures of power by socialists in other countries. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 3x+jv+MnH33X3HSDdYMeLIgT55+H4ekUhpOMDJDS 2vKGDwf7SNzlVqX8Hi5qcbp51h1c6SSx0sz6gRDeI